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(James Smith, "God Knows Our Thoughts" 1859)
"I know your thoughts!" Job 21:27
Do we pay sufficient attention to our thoughts?
Every thought has a character--it is either good or bad.
Every thought produces an effect--it either sanctifies or depraves.
Sin begins in thought;
holiness begins in thought;
misery begins in thought;
happiness begins in thought.
Thought decides the state of man--hence the Bible says, "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."
We cannot tell what a man is by his words, nor always by his acts--but if we could get at his thoughts, we could. God attends to our thoughts, and he wishes us to do so. He asks, "How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?" He testifies, "for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them." Not only so--but Jesus has declared, "I am He who searches the thoughts and the heart!"
Reader, God knows the thoughts that come into your mind!
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(James Smith, "God Knows Our Thoughts" 1859)
"I know your thoughts!" Job 21:27
Do we pay sufficient attention to our thoughts?
Every thought has a character--it is either good or bad.
Every thought produces an effect--it either sanctifies or depraves.
Sin begins in thought;
holiness begins in thought;
misery begins in thought;
happiness begins in thought.
Thought decides the state of man--hence the Bible says, "As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."
We cannot tell what a man is by his words, nor always by his acts--but if we could get at his thoughts, we could. God attends to our thoughts, and he wishes us to do so. He asks, "How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?" He testifies, "for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them." Not only so--but Jesus has declared, "I am He who searches the thoughts and the heart!"
Reader, God knows the thoughts that come into your mind!
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